-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rony Delgarde immigrated to the United States from Haiti with only $ 5 and a Bible . The first thing he saw when he landed at Miami International Airport were all the colorfully painted buildings .

`` People paint their house yellow , white , red , blue and I said , ` Wow , there 's so much paint in this country ! ' '' Delgarde says . '' I said , ` When I get money in this country , I 'm going to buy paint and take paint back home . ' ''

From that idea , Global Paint for Charity was born . Delgarde , who is 38 and works as a health care consultant , states the mission : `` to recycle leftover paint from businesses and residents , processes it and then donate it to vulnerable families in developing countries all around the world . ''

Delgarde explains the process for making paint in Haiti .

`` We cut down trees and we started fire . We pick out rocks from the river and we put it inside the fire and close the fire for a week . And once it 's done , it 's a wonderful powder . '' He points out that this type of paint washes away in the rain .

Delgarde 's nonprofit organization wants to make a lasting difference .

Two years ago , Delgarde started going to construction sites in the Atlanta area , asking them what they did with their leftover paint .

He told them , `` I want to collect your paint and take it someplace where people do n't have access to paint . We 'll give them paint and we 'll change their lives . That 's when I started collecting paint . ''

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that approximately 10 % of the 637 million gallons of paint sold annually is left over , equal to about 64 million gallons per year .

So far , Delgarde has donated 6,000 gallons of paint to projects in Kenya , Haiti and Uganda . He recently returned from Equatorial Guinea , where he donated 200 gallons of paint to an orphanage for children who lost their parent to HIV/AIDS .

`` We looked at schools , hospitals , family homes and they were not painted . It really touched my heart to see the bacteria on the walls that were not painted . I said we have to do something , '' he says .

Those looking to donate their leftover paint can visit the website of the group , GlobalPaints.Org , and fill out a request for a pickup .

Ed Spencer , a consultant in Atlanta , says he donated his paint for several reasons . `` Recycling is number one and helping people is obviously number two . I think he 's taken something very difficult for people to do correctly , that 's recycling paint and created a way to do it and do it safely . And quite honestly , he 's made it very inexpensive for people . It can be very expensive to get rid of large amounts of paint . ''

James Doherty , museum information specialist at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta , was thrilled to be able to donate the museum 's leftover paint to such a good cause .

`` I was really excited to hear about Global Paint and the use for the paint in Third World nations because we have such a hard time getting rid of paint , and this kills two birds with one stone . It keeps the paint out of the landfills and it also goes to a good use , '' Spencer says .

Although he has received phone calls from all around the country , Delgarde gets most of his paint donations from the Atlanta area .

In addition to paint donations , Delgarde also receives monetary donations to help offset cost of shipping the paint . He does n't do it alone either ; he has a board of directors that consists of volunteer small business owners and government officials .

After picking up the paint , Delgarde drives to one of three storage units . `` The other units are already completely full , '' he says .

As he slides up the door to the unit , it 's obvious ; this one is almost full as well .

`` We used to have a small warehouse where we would process the paint . We would separate the paint by color , by brand , by characteristic and then go through a consolidation process . We put it all into five-gallon containers and that we ship to people in the developing world . ''

Delgarde says that the calls for paint donations have grown from 12 weekly to between 300 and 400 hundred per day . Now , he needs to find a new warehouse to start processing paint again .

`` We 've been receiving a lot of paint . We need that paint , so we can give paint to everybody , to beautify the world , that 's my goal . But we need someplace where we can process the paint , '' he says .

Students from Georgia Tech have partnered with Global Paint to design a machine that can process the paint . The board of directors for Global Paint has been working to raise the $ 95,000 it will cost to build the machine .

`` We will be able to make 3,000 gallons of paint per day if we have that machine . That would be my dream come true , '' Delgarde says .

Delgarde recalls a letter that he received from a woman in Uganda who received paint .

`` Her painted house uplifted her spirits . She feels happier . She feel the kids bring joy in the house because she can hear the noise , they are so happy . We bring joy with the paint we were able to donate . To me , that touched my heart . ''

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Rony Delgarde reprocesses donated paint and ships it to organizations in developing countries

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Delgarde founded the nonprofit Global Paint for Charity in Atlanta

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His goal is to rehabilitate and beautify struggling communities and protect the environment

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Global Paint is raising money for a machine to process large quantities of donated paint